Anyone Made Or Know How To Make Surface Lures

[Flattiehunter991]

Poppers are pretty expensive, if you tie a bad knot you could lose $15. Has anyone made poppers that theyve caught fish on? if so, howd you do it?

thanks

[Berleyguts]

I used to cut down my mum's broom handles, drill holes and twist wire into them for eyelets, then Araldite them in. Caught a few fish... Mum thought she was growing!

Baz

[caranx]

You need to make sure the hole is centered correctly through the wood. Hard to do with a hand drill. Ive tried but now just buy lures ready made until I get some better wood working equipment.

$15 for a popper is pretty cheap, x-rap minnows are mid $20's, and then those tiny japanese bream and bass lures are even more.

[arpie]

Hi Tripper

I've made some 'thong things' - you can see pics of them on

http://fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.ph...;hl=thong+thing

I just used the bench grinder to give the basic shape. About 4cm is a good size

Cheers

Roberta

[tan the fisherman]

I used to cut down my mum's broom handles, drill holes and twist wire into them for eyelets, then Araldite them in.

Baz

Now that's a top idea baz. I'm gonna try that tonight

[Hodgey]

I used to cut down my mum's broom handles, drill holes and twist wire into them for eyelets, then Araldite them in. Caught a few fish... Mum thought she was growing!

Baz

You're a baaaad man, Baz!

Yep, cut down broom handle works very well for poppers. It is the latest craze on the Murray at the moment for chasing cod and yellas. This extract from another site:

the best was a piece of broom stick, cut at 45 degrees on the front, a hole drilled through the centre, and, a wire passed through and twisted at each end to put a treble on and a snap swivel on the front, the best of all was unpainted bare wood, sometimes we would even screw a small eyelet into the middle to fit another treble, and if we were really tricky we would hand paint them white with a red head, still bare SEEMED to be best.

Cheers

Hodgey

[arpie]

Cod & yellas on poppers!!!! What next!!!

Just shows you have to think 'outside the square' sometimes! I bet they laughed at the bloke that first chucked one out!!

Roberta

[brendong]

I watched the Shimano 08-09 catalogue on dvd last night....Bushy makes proto-types of all of his poppers, stiffy's etc out of wood by hand says it takes him an hour per lure....but i think he's been do it for a long time. Says he can make up to 700 before he gets one right....Roberta you seem to have a little more time on your hands than many of us, ask ya mate Starlo to introduce you to Bushy so that you can learn the art....

Funnily enough a mate of mine caugh a 30cm bream on the below home made Pen popper.....

Edited February 18, 2009 by Poddy Trapper

[dennisvr]

Poppers are pretty expensive, if you tie a bad knot you could lose $15. Has anyone made poppers that theyve caught fish on? if so, howd you do it?

thanks

Hi maybe this site will help. http://www.make-your-own-fishing-lures.com...er-fishing.html

Back in S Africa we used to make them out of a piece of broom stick painted white, I have seen many Muloway taken at dusk and dawn in estuary mouth.

[Geoff]

Shimano have released a DVD showing their 2009 range of products. It includes a segment with Bushy making luers . Interesting insite into how luers are created & which ones end up in the Shimano range.

The DVD is currently available in one of the monthly fishing mags. Not sure if I can mention the name

For those interested , visit your local news agent

Geoff

[arpie]

Hi Poddy Trapper

Great minds must think alike! I, too, have made some pen surface lures - so far only caught long tom on them tho, not bream or whiting!

Don't think I have the patience to make 700 lures before I think one might be 'right'! Nothing wrong with my Thong Thing ..... already caught bream ..... my whiting fly had 4 hits today ..... just a matter of time before it gets eaten!!!

Give it a go - it is fun!

Roberta